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Neighborhood · Ranked #29,336 of 84,120 nationally

Levassor Park Eviction Risk: Moderate , Covington

Tract 21117061000 · Kenton County, KY · pop 2,316 · neighborhood within 0.7 mi

With a score of 5.2/10, tract 21117061000 in the Levassor Park area of Covington, KY reads moderate for landlord eviction risk. It is home to 2,316 residents. Cost burden runs 55% here against 37.9% across Kenton County.

Risk score
5.2
Moderate
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 27% Stable renters 22% Owners 51%
Tract context
Occupied units899
Renter share49.5%
SVI overall0.77
Poverty rate32.8%
Median income$65,221

Percentile rank

Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.
Within neighborhood
80 th percentile
Rank, 80th percentileLowHigh
#2 of 6 tracts In Levassor Park
High
Within parent city
79 th percentile
Rank, 79th percentileLowHigh
#4 of 15 tracts In Covington
High
Within county
86 th percentile
Rank, 86th percentileLowHigh
#7 of 44 tracts In Kenton County
High
Within state
91 th percentile
Rank, 91st percentileLowHigh
#125 of 1,306 tracts In Kentucky
Very High
Geographic context

Risk heat across Covington and the region

Centroid at 39.0704, -84.4980 · click any tract to drill in

Why Levassor Park scores 5.2

9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendly
Local political climate
Inherited from Covington
5.5
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
4.0
State political climate
Kentucky legislature & governorship
2.1
Economic stress
32.8% poverty · this tract
8.2
Supply constraint
$1,042 rent vs county FMR
3.1
Rent control risk
Inherited from Covington
1.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.5
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Covington
4.0
Housing court bias
Inherited from Covington
4.0

How Levassor Park compares

Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.
Levassor Park risk score vs. parent city / county / state5.2This tracttract 0610003.8Covingtonparent city3.8Countyavg tract in county3.9Stateavg tract in state
CDC Social Vulnerability Index

SVI percentile: 77

CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.

Historical context · 1930s redlining

HOLC grade: C: Definitely Declining

This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade C meant mixed-race / working-class neighborhoods rated as risky. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.

Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Comparable tracts

Census tracts with similar eviction risk

Within Levassor Park. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.

Analysis

What drives eviction risk in Levassor Park

Severe burden reaches 33%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. The clearest offset is rent-regulation exposure at 1/10.

Running hot, court filing pressure reads 8.7/10. The poverty rate is 33%. Judgments in high-poverty tracts are collectible far less often than filing counts suggest.

Sitting well above the midpoint, economic stress reads 8.2/10. It sits 1.4 points above the Kenton County average of 3.8.

In the 1930s the federal Home Owners' Loan Corporation graded this ground C ("Definitely Declining"). Redlining cut off mortgage credit to whole blocks for decades, and the areas graded D still carry measurably lower ownership and higher rent burden today. Nationally it ranks #29,336 of 84,120 for landlord eviction difficulty.

CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 7.9/10. Statewide the KY average is 3.9, so this tract runs 1.3 points hotter.

Of its three components the household composition measure is the most pressured. Average gross rent is $1,042, close to the Covington average. Annual rent works out to 19% of average household income of $65,221.

50% of occupied units are renter-occupied.

All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.

Frequently asked

About tract 21117061000

Q1

What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 21117061000?

Census tract 21117061000 in the Levassor Park neighborhood scores 5.2/10 (Moderate tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2

What is the average rent in tract 21117061000?

Median gross rent is $1,042/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3

What is the poverty rate in tract 21117061000?

32.8% of residents in tract 21117061000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,316.
Q4

How socially vulnerable is tract 21117061000?

CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 77th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 75th, household 75th, minority 48th, housing 73th.
Q5

Is tract 21117061000 considered part of Levassor Park?

Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 21117061000 fall within Levassor Park (neighborhood centroid within 0.7 miles, OSM data).
Q6

How does tract 21117061000 compare to Covington overall?

Tract 21117061000 scores 5.2/10, higher than the parent city of Covington at 3.8/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Covington eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q7

Was tract 21117061000 historically redlined?

Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of C. 14% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
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